In this thought-provoking volume, scholars offer evidence, insights, and ideas on key policy questions affecting education--such as national exams, accountabili

This book describes how different nations have defined the core competencies and skills that young people will need in order to thrive in the twenty-first-centu

First published in 1993, Education for the Twenty-First Century grew out of a common and deep-seated concern about the way young people think of their own futur

Imagine an America where politicians, governmental institutions, schools, new technologies, and interest groups work together to promote informed, engaged citiz

"A collection of essays examining the various social, cultural, and economic intersections of rural place and global space, as viewed through the lens of educat